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Integrated Fundraising: How to Use What You Already Know To Raise More Money PRESENTED BY CATHY FINNEY, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY TIFFANY NEILL, LAUTMAN MASKA NEILL & COMPANY 10/3/2012 Footer 1

TODAY’S ROADMAP • What you already know • Using this to raise more money (4 case studies) - One Campaign - One Track • Don’t forget the boring stuff • Q&A 10/3/2012 Footer 2

WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW • Case for support must be strong, clear, and compelling • Use stories to illustrate the case • Speak personally with the donor • Take advantage of opportunities to learn more about your donors when appropriate • Segment wisely • Consider the overall donor experience and create consistency of message • Make sure all offline campaigns have an online counterpart (landing page 10/3/2012 Footer 3

WE’RE ALL AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF INTEGRATION At The Wilderness Society … • Strong online campaigns to build both awareness and to raise funds. • Online awareness campaign which also utilized a series of radio PSAs • Worked to raise awareness and build engagement • One in a series of quarterly WOW campaigns we’ll develop throughout the year 10/3/2012 Footer 4

WE’RE ALL AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF INTEGRATION Wild Days of Summer • Unique campaign URL; • Email series promoted regional wilderness areas, provided insider tips, promoted trip contest and also offered adopt a wild place options … • Fundraising ask around adoption 10/3/2012 Footer 5

WE’RE ALL AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF INTEGRATION At The Wilderness Society … • Adopt a wild place allowed you to adopt one of seven iconic landscapes … • Only offered online 10/3/2012 Footer 6

WE’RE ALL AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF INTEGRATION At The Wilderness Society … our opportunities: • We include URLs to unique landing pages on all of our direct mail efforts; • We have developed successful online campaigns to engage our audience which utilize web, social and outbound email efforts; • We’ve done some integration with online and telemarketing which has shown promise. - Matching Gift fiscal year-end offer: Met the match goal. The credit card response rate for the campaign is 36% vs. 25% budget, and the average pledge is $48.12 vs. $39.48 budgeted. • We’re starting to do some analysis on our audience to understand the behaviors and channel preference of our donors. • But we haven’t successfully yet developed strong integrated campaigns consistently that think about the full user experience to promote fundraising. This is where our opportunity lies … and what we’re working on for year-end campaign . 10/3/2012 Footer 7

CASE 1: RAISING MORE MONEY IN AN APPEAL 10/3/2012 Footer 8

THE SET UP • The Actors Fund - Social service organization that helps everyone in entertainment industry in times of need, crisis or transition - 10,000 members • Year End Campaign - Originally mail channel only - Had email addresses for 29,000 people – about 3,000 members - Reached 4,000 social media • The Challenge - Leverage channels - Make the work “come alive!” 10/3/2012 Footer 9

Mailed to 8,000 Members 10/3/2012 Footer 10

2 part Email Series 10/3/2012 Footer 11

Campaign on Social Media 10/3/2012 Footer 12

THE RESULTS! • Raised TRIPLE the projected income • The Actors Fund received hundreds of song suggestions • Average gift was both higher than projected ($111.64 vs. $156.01) and the highest of any appeal for the year. • The Actors Fund received mail, phone and e-mail communications from their members about how touching Joan’s story was to them. • All in all, a great result in both metrics and member/donor cultivation! 10/3/2012 Footer 13

CASE 2: WORLD REFUGEE DAY. A MULTICHANNEL AWARENESS & FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN 10/3/2012 Footer 14

THE SET UP USA for UNHCR • National association which supports the work of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency • To raise funds to support the work of UNHCR and educate the US about the plight of refugees. • ~42,000 0-12 month donors • Challenge: Low visibility within the US 10/3/2012 Footer 15

THE SET UP Multiple campaign goals: • Raise awareness for the plight of refugees around the world. • Poor brand-recognition in the US • Lack of awareness for the national association, UNHCR, and the plight of more than 42 million refugees who need life-saving care. • Use international day of recognition on which to center efforts. • Align with international Dilemmas Campaign • Raise funds. • WRD had never been a fundraising effort for USA for UNHCR in the past apart from an annual luncheon. 10/3/2012 Footer 16

BACKGROUND Not a lot of resources at National Association: • Total organizational staff of 9; • Additional WRD budget of $40,000 total which had to be used among all programs; - Had to produce an event; - Needed to raise more funds this year than in past year’s - Prior best was just over $40,000 (primarily driven by board giving). - Had to align with international campaign • Needed to utilize international resources as well as take advantage of efforts already in place. - Timing to receive campaign materials was unknown 10/3/2012 Footer 17

RAISING AWARENESS Unites multiple elements across channels to engage and build awareness… Online 1) Lead-generation campaign utilizing Angelina Jolie PSA • Add your name to AJ’s PSA which would launch on World Refugee Day • 15,000 new leads 10/3/2012 Footer 18

RAISING AWARENESS 2) WRD-microsite created which featured: • WRD info • Take the pledge: AJ PSA • Khaled Hosseini videos • Download your Facebook cover photo • Ways to get involved • National events • Posters and other collateral for events • Sign up for U4U communications • Donate 10/3/2012 Footer 19

RAISING AWARENESS 2) Outbound emails to subscribers in preparation for WRD 3) 2 Tweetathons 4) Other announcements made via social – Facebook and LinkedIn 10/3/2012 Footer 20

RAISING AWARENESS Other channels - Posters on Metro • Text to give - F2F team promoted WRD • Mall posters • Stickers passed out; event promotion - Event at Kennedy Center • One-woman show at Millennium Stage • Refugee video exhibit • VIP reception featuring Khaled Hosseini • Lead-generation at public exhibit and Millennium Stage. • Send message of hope to refugees 10/3/2012 Footer 21

RAISING FUNDS Online Efforts - 8-part email series • First 5 promoted WRD, Angelina Jolie PSA • Final three had an ask for funds - Microsite • worldrefugeeday.us - Landing page for DM effort 10/3/2012 Footer 22

RAISING FUNDS Direct mail appeal - Urgent carrier - Asked donors to give and to wear their blue key sticker on WRD - Maintained theme of this year’s WRD campaign 10/3/2012 Footer 23

RAISING FUNDS • F2F Mall Events - WRD posters utilized in malls in Pentagon City, Phoenix, LA and Atlanta; - Atlanta event garnered a $250 sustainer • Kennedy Center Event - Major donor giving increased to $35,000 in support of WRD this year. • Text to give - Used on all posters in metro and in mall events: $300 10/3/2012 Footer 24

RESULTS • Total giving for the campaign amounted to more than $115,000. • Online efforts generated more than $35,000. - Second-best online effort ever. Prior best was an emergency appeal. • Direct mail appeal - Raised just under $50,000 on a 2% response rate and a $60 average gift. - Never mailed on WRD in the past; • Better performer than the previous two years of non- emergency appeals mailed around this time. 10/3/2012 Footer 25

WHAT WE LEARNED •Follow your plan. (We didn’t.) - We had a plan for Care2 names for conversion which we side-stepped in the face of an emergency campaign. • WRD can be an effective annual campaign • Need to set and agree to goals for qualitative metrics. 10/3/2012 Footer 26

CASE 3: INTEGRATED SUSTAINER APPROACH 10/3/2012 Footer 27

THE SET UP • PCRM - Advocacy and service organization that fights against using animals in research and better human health. - 90,000 members • Monthly Donors - Animal rights market produces many lower dollar members - Have donors who support animal rights AND other donors who support human health initiatives • The Challenge - Talk with different audiences appropriately - Make the work “come alive!” 10/3/2012 Footer 28

Mailed invitation introduces Rodney 10/3/2012 Footer 29

1 3 2 Series of Emails 4 lead to monthly ask 10/3/2012 Footer 30

Special Sustainer Invitation offer 10/3/2012 Footer 31

Calling integrated into invitation channel 10/3/2012 Footer 32

People who join get special branded mailings 10/3/2012 Footer 33

Kick Start prospects – not responsive to animal messages 10/3/2012 Footer 34

Developed a special “conversion series” 10/3/2012 Footer 35

Invited On the Phone 10/3/2012 Footer 36

Special nutrition- focused appeals 10/3/2012 Footer 37

THE RESULTS! • 6% of animal rights donors are now giving monthly • In testing, 2% of health prospects converted to new monthly donor society • Monthly donors continue to give to regular appeals • Win – win – win! 10/3/2012 Footer 38